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Opinion by: Vikram Arun, co-founder and CEO of SuperformCrypto cards aren’t the future of payments. They’re a temporary interface for a world that hasn’t fully accepted cryptocurrencies.They rely on banks as issuers, Visa or Mastercard as gatekeepers, and compliance rules that look exactly like TradFi. In most cases, crypto is sold into idle USD, the assets stop earning and every swipe creates a taxable event. That’s not innovation. That’s a debit card with extra steps. As digital banks built with blockchain rails scale, crypto cards that behave like debit cards will become obsolete, replaced by systems that treat cards as a thin interface…

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26) on Tuesday closed up +2.71 (+2.90%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26) closed up +0.1231 (+4.10%).  Crude oil and gasoline prices rallied sharply on Tuesday, with gasoline posting a 1-week high.  Energy prices are rising amid renewed attacks on key energy infrastructure in the Middle East by Iran.  Also, Tuesday’s weaker dollar was supportive of energy prices.Crude oil settled sharply higher on Tuesday amid disruptions to Middle Eastern energy supplies.  Operations were suspended at the Shah gas field in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while Iranian drones and missiles also targeted an Iraqi oil field.  Also,…

Key Takeaways XRP Ledger surpassing 7.7 million holders and rising active addresses signal increasing user participation. Analysts warn XRP’s price may not have long-term growth potential. Heavy short liquidations and rising leverage ratios suggest bullish sentiment in derivatives markets. The XRP Ledger has surpassed 7.7 million holders for the first time in its 13-year history, according to on-chain data, underscoring a steady expansion in network participation even as questions remain over the token’s long-term demand drivers. The milestone comes alongside a sharp uptick in market activity, with XRP’s price recently climbing more than 7% in a week. It comes as…

A court in Argentina has ordered a nationwide block of the major crypto-based prediction market platform Polymarket over unauthorized gambling.Argentina’s national communications and media regulator, Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones (ENACOM), received a court order to block access to the Polymarket website and its variants across the country, according to a ruling dated March 11.The order was issued by the Buenos Aires Court of First Instance in Criminal, Contravention and Minor Offenses No. 31, which is investigating Polymarket under Argentina’s Criminal Code for allegedly offering gambling services without authorization.The judge asked ENACOM to carry out the measure either directly or through…

The wheat complex is trading with losses on Monday. Chicago SRW futures are trading with 11 to 12 cents so far at midday. KC HRW futures are trading with 8 to 9 cent losses on Monday. MPLS spring wheat is down 7 to 9 cents so far. Crude oil is down $3.19 at midday.Export Inspections data showed wheat at 343,022 MT (12.6 mbu) shipped in the week that ended on March 2. That was down 31.2% from last week, and 30.81% below the same week last year. Mexico was the top destination of 79,566 MT, with 62,647 MT to the…

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Bitcoin’s recent rebound reflects a strengthening base of long-term holders as ETF inflows and corporate treasury buying reshape the asset’s ownership structure, Bernstein said in a Monday research note shared with Cointelegraph.Bernstein said Bitcoin outperformed gold and major equity indexes over the past week despite heightened conflict in the Middle East, with Bitcoin (BTC) up around 7% and Ether (ETH) up about 9% over the period.Analysts attributed the shift partly to continued US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows and the steady accumulation of corporate buyers such as Strategy, which they say are gradually strengthening Bitcoin’s long-term holder base, contributing…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -0.61%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.62%.  March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) fell -0.60%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) fell -0.66%.Stocks gave up an early advance on Friday and retreated, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials falling to 3.5-month lows.  Stocks fell after crude oil prices recovered from early losses and rallied more than +3%, as the war in Iran shows no signs of abating. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the US is moving a…

Traditional altcoin cycles, which featured broad market rallies called “altseason,” are now a relic of the past as new crypto market dynamics set in, according to Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs, a crypto market maker and investment firm.Too many tokens competing for limited capital and mindshare, a smaller number of market participants, and crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) altering market dynamics by trapping liquidity are driving factors of the disruption, Grachev told Cointelegraph.An institutional focus on large-cap digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is also diverting capital and attention away from altcoins, he…

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